Union of Thracian Associations

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Thracian Bulgarians from Demir Hisar, near Didymoticho (1913)
Thracian Bulgarians from Bulgarköy (1925, today Yenimuhacir )

Union of Thracian Associations (UdTV for short, Bulgarian Съюз на тракийските дружества в България ) is the umbrella organization of the Bulgarian associations of expellees in the legal form of a registered association . It claims to defend the interests of the Bulgarians from eastern and western Thrace affected by flight , expulsion and resettlement , regardless of membership. According to the UdTV, around 1.5 million Thracian displaced persons and direct descendants live in Bulgaria today. The president of the UdTV has been the politician Krassimir Premyanow ( BSP ) since May 11, 2011 .

The UdTV was founded at a congress of the Thracian associations of expellees in Edirne, Turkey in December 1918. The headquarters of the organization is now in the Bulgarian capital Sofia . The UdTV publishes the Thrakija newspaper and has a youth and a women's organization.

President

Surname time
Dimitar Michaltschew December 24, 1918 - September 2, 1923
Nikola Dikow September 2, 1923 - September 1, 1925
Dimitar Popnikolov September 1, 1925 - January 13, 1927
Kosta Georgiev January 13, 1927 - August 29, 1932
Ivan Ormanchiev October 2, 1932 - February 28, 1936
Konstantin Petkanov October 4, 1944 - December 24, 1944
Nikola Spirow December 24, 1944 - December 24, 1961
Lambi Danailov December 24, 1961 - July 8, 1972
Ivan Chariev July 8, 1972 - February 1, 1977
Kostadin Karamitew January 10, 1990 - May 11, 2011
Krassimir Premyanov May 11, 2011 -

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